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If you want the fame, big paychecks and respect, cut these mistakes from your repertoire.<p>None of us is going to win the I'm-Perfect Award any time soon. But we can at least try to prune away some of our faults. To give you a little direction, I asked leading CEOs what bad habits they think are the …

Once you accept and embrace these four truths, your chances of success and fulfillment in life dramatically improve.<p>Accomplishing your goals requires skills and strategy. However, accomplishing your goals also requires that you enter into the arena with the proper mindset equipped to endure.<p>With …

Renting your expertise to high profile individuals, celebrities & corporations could be your way to millions<p>Let's face it, every hopeful entrepreneur may not have the next big app, invention or product that will make them fortune in today's market. However, that does not exclude you from running an …

To be effective in organizations today, you must be able to influence people. Your title alone isn’t always enough to sway others, nor do you always have a formal position. So, what’s the best way to position yourself as an informal leader? How do you motivate colleagues to support your initiatives …

Anyone who's ever applied for a job knows how stressful it can be. And for some, the hardest part is the cover letter.<p>It should be professional, but make you stand out. It should be short, but not too short.<p>While a cover letter can seem like a formality, it's an important first step in the …

If you had to guess, how many different websites do you think exist in the world today? From simple blogs to complex businesses, the Internet spans the gamut, dispensing and gathering information. Keep your answer in your head because, at the very end of this article, I’ll tell the closest estimate …

Many people have a very deluded idea of what exactly the Law of Attraction (<i>LOA</i>) is these days. Due to mass popularisation of the law, it has been made to seem like a very simple, almost magical process in which you just imagine what you want and "<i>BAM!</i>" it's there. Not so.<p>This law of the Universe …

This is how you can spot an real business leader from a mile away.<p>Being an effective business leader takes years of practice.<p>The primary reason it takes so long is because effective leadership means being able to balance a number of skills, all of which require their own learning curve. In fact, …

There are little upgrades you can make to your profile every day.<p>When is the last time you hopped on LinkedIn? If you're like most of the more than half billion users, you haven't spent time on the professional networking site in the last month. But you should. If you don't care about your career, …

You may be tempted to play it safe. Here's why that's a bad idea.<p>You know the importance of being visible in your field, so you're raising your profile by writing blogs or articles, contributing to social media discussions and presenting at conferences. The term for that, of course, is "thought …

Chances are, you may be working for one right now.<p>So what's your bad bosshorror story? Everyone has one. Bad boss behaviors contribute to much conflict, turnover, low engagement, health issues for employees, and other negative consequences that directly or indirectly impact the financial …

Knowing when and how to be which type will make you great.<p>Leadership and management are fundamentally different things. Which one you should practice depends not on you, but on your business.<p>Businesses go through phases in their lives, just as people do. What you need to grow today is different …

I worked at a fast growing scale-up for 10 years, and learned things I never would have learned in business school.<p>I am often asked by 20-something employees at my company, HubSpot, if I would recommend that they get their MBA. While I never flat out say no, I do offer my perspective about the …

Willpower is overrated. Here's what you should do instead.<p>Willpower is overrated.<p>As dedicated entrepreneurs and professionals, we're resisting temptations everywhere. The temptation to go on Facebook instead of finishing this article. The temptation to eat junk food instead of going to the …

Bezos is at it again, this time announcing his intention to shake up the American healthcare industry. His strategy for doing so teaches some valuable lessons.<p>Shockwaves were sent through the healthcare industry yesterday when three corporate powerhouses, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan …

When HubSpot was in its earliest stages, I used to say yes to almost anything: new features, new initiatives, new ideas. It empowered my team to move fast and get things done. I prided myself on being a “yes” man. We were working hard on getting product-market fit right, so anything we could do to …

Getting as much as they can from analytics is critical for companies seeking to monetize their data, become data-driven, and put their data to work. Yet most find this difficult. Indeed, the failure rate of analytics projects remains distressingly high.<p>A key reason for this is that senior managers …

Chances are you own a smartphone or computer that contains a chip hackers could potentially exploit to get access to sensitive information.<p>That's because billions of devices are affected by two major security flaws revealed by cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday.<p>The flaws -- dubbed Meltdown and …

If you're not working on your high-value activities, you're likely wasting time. Here are six areas many executives spend time where they shouldn't.<p>Every founder, CEO, and executive I coach complains that they don't have enough time. And I get it. Time is the one resource we can never get more of: …

The good news is, every company -- and every leader -- can instantly adopt this one practice.<p>Forget slogans and posters. Forget mission statements. Forget culture decks. A survey of over 400,000 people across the U.S. found that when employees believe promotions are managed effectively, they are …

Take advantage of chance occurrences, break the weekly routine, and once in a while have the courage to let go<p>New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate but also a time to hit the refresh button. We’ve all been there, brimming with optimism at the start of our resolution but then giving up even though …